Topic summary
⁠81%1 analyzed article/video1,038 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Evidence Handling results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Negativity Bias, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 23.4% saturation with 730 hits. Analysis detected 2,820 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,114 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (6,314 of 16,562 topics). This Evidence Handling is worse (more manipulative) than 61.90% of the peer group.
Evidence Handling
Topic details
Total words: 3,114
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

62% percentile
025507510061.9% percentile
3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 23.4%23.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.7%5.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.7%2.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 10.7%10.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.7%1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.1%2.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 23.4%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 4.6%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Personal Incredulity: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.2%Begging the Question: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos